Baili Yin, who was sitting opposite Gu Yanfei, leaned forward slightly, and his greedy eyes moved inch by inch on Gu Yanfei's face. He wished he could use his hands to replace his gaze and touch her delicate and flawless skin.
"You are wrong, my little beauty, you are too confident."
"However, I just like your confidence, which is completely different from other women."
"That's why you will keep me thinking about you."
Baili Yin's words were not meant to flatter him; they came completely from his heart.
He thought he had seen a lot of women, all kinds of them, but Gu Yanfei was the only one he had ever seen in his life, and she was completely different from all the mediocre women he had met before.
The mind of this little beauty in front of me is really hard to understand. She seems to be so calm and composed that it is hard to tell what she is thinking.
Although she had just reached the age of 15, this 15-year-old girl was so stunningly talented that he couldn't let her go and couldn't forget her.
Fifteen years old.
Baili Yin couldn't help but think of when he was fifteen years old.
He was so young and immature at that time, completely different from Gu Yanfei.
He was a distinguished prince, under the protection of his elder brother, the Crown Prince. When he was young, he lived a carefree and high-spirited life. It was no exaggeration to say that he had no scruples.
But now, those carefree days seem so distant as if they were things from the past.
When he was sixteen years old, Xiahou Qing rose to prominence and quickly ascended to the position of the Lord of Tianyuansi.
The sage was old and favored the treacherous minister Xiahou Qing. He was wary of his brother the Crown Prince seizing power. The brothers' lives in Yue became increasingly difficult and they were walking on pins and needles.
Xiahou Qing's face, which was always covered with a black mask, appeared in his mind.
Baili Yin shuddered subconsciously, and the hair on the back of his neck stood up instantly, as if he was being stared at by a pair of invisible eyes.
The next moment, Gu Yanfei's slightly emotional voice came into my ears, "I need to see the file."
What do you mean? Baili Yin was stunned.
"Third Prince Baili really hasn't realized his situation yet. Your life is now in my hands." Gu Yanfei said lightly and sighed.
What does that mean? Baili Yin frowned slightly, looking even more puzzled.
Gu Yanfei didn't intend to explain too much to him. He lifted the curtain and ordered, "Take it to your master."
It was obvious that she was not talking to Baili Yin. Baili Yin was startled again. This time, his heart trembled inexplicably. For some reason, alarm bells rang in his heart and he had a bad premonition.
It seemed like something terribly bad had happened and he didn't know why.
"Yes, Miss Gu." Outside the window, a young man responded quite happily. The voice came from the gray-clothed servant sitting on the shaft of the cart.
Baili Yin subconsciously looked over in the direction of the sound, and through the square window, he saw that the gray-clothed servant who had been keeping his head down raised his head, revealing a fairly handsome face.
He jumped down from the shaft of the cart nimbly and came to the door, with an overly bright smile on his face, his teeth showing and his eyes invisible.
This face looks familiar.
Baili Yin's pupils contracted violently, and the calmness on his face disappeared, as if he had been struck by lightning.
No, this person looks very familiar.
Baili Yin glanced at the corner of the boy's black shirt exposed at the collar, his eyes widened to the extreme, and his surprise was completely difficult to conceal.
He remembered that this person was someone close to Xiahou Qing and was a secret guard of the Tianyuan Division.
"Jingshan, you are Jingshan."
Baili Yin murmured in shock, unable to believe it, his chest heaving violently and his breathing becoming heavier.
How could Gu Yanfei and Xia Houqing get involved? !
Baili Yin looked at Gu Yanfei for a while, then at the young Jingshan. In just a blink of an eye, the whites of his eyes were covered with spider-web-like bloodshot.
Baili Yin couldn't help but think of the stunning young man in red, Mr. Xia, whom he met in Tianyin Pavilion that day.
As enchanting as a fox, and stunningly beautiful.
It was a kind of beauty that could be described as fatal, both alluring and extremely aggressive.
That day, Baili Yin couldn't let go of the so-called Young Master Xia. He always felt that he was very similar to Xia Houqing. Afterwards, he specially sent people to investigate Tianyin Pavilion, and also found an excuse to ask King Kang to investigate the owner of Tianyin Pavilion and the Yao family inside.
It is said that the Yao Family Troupe was a troupe invited by the owner from Yizhou in the south. They were well-known in Yizhou and had a history of at least thirty years.
Neither Tianyin Pavilion nor Yao Family Clan has anything to do with the Kingdom of Yue or Xiahou Qing.
The information he found and the evidence he found from King Kang both proved this.
But even so, Baili Yin was still worried. After hurriedly delivering an 800-mile urgent secret letter to his brother, the Crown Prince of Yue, he tossed and turned in sleep, thought over and over again, and finally decided to return home early.
During this period of time, he has been wavering between "that person is Xiahou Qing" and "that person is not Xiahou Qing", and hesitant.
And now, Jingshan actually appeared here.
At this point, the truth is clear—
The Mr. Xia from Tianyin Pavilion is Xia Houqing! ! "It's him, it's really him!" Baili Yin whispered to himself, his heart suddenly shrank, and beads of cold sweat the size of soybeans oozed out of his forehead.
Xiahou Qing did not serve as regent in Yue State, but appeared in Jing State. He was too bold. Wasn't he afraid that others would seize power? How could this be possible? Xiahou Qing was arrogant and eccentric by nature. He was not only unkind, but also had a high opinion of himself. Except for saints, he could not see anyone else.
How could Xiahou Qing cooperate with Gu Yanfei?! Baili Yin wanted to say that this was impossible, but the reality was in front of him, and there was no other possibility. His heart was suddenly in a panic, and he was in a mess, as if countless ants were crawling around in his heart.
Even though he had just seen all the Yue guards around him being killed, Baili Yin had never been so panicked or confused. It was as if he had received a fatal blow to the heart, and the blood in his body was almost coagulated.
Gu Yanfei didn't dare to kill him, but Xiahou Qing did.
Baili Yin couldn't even imagine what would happen to him if he fell into Xiahou Qing's hands.
Outside the carriage, Jingshan stared at the long-haired cat in Gu Yanfei's arms with infatuated eyes.
"Meow~" The cat yawned lazily, revealing its pointed little fangs. It was as cute as it could be.
Qingguang is so well-behaved! Jingshan sighed in his heart and wanted to feed the cat some shredded chicken, goat milk or something.
He stared at the kitten intently, as if Baili Yin, the third prince of Yue State, was not as good as a cat in his eyes.
"You can take the person away now." Gu Yanfei smiled leisurely and covered the cat's face with one hand, covering not only the cat's eyes but also the cat's mouth. The cat struggled in her palm, making an unhappy "meow" sound and rubbing her cat hair.
"Don't worry. The cooked duck can't escape." Jingshan said with a smile, and glanced coldly at Baili Yin. His eyes were indifferent and ruthless when he looked at him.
It was as if they were not discussing a person, but a corpse at the mercy of others.
After a pause, he seemed to be speaking to Baili Yin on purpose, and continued, "The files will be delivered to the young lady later, and they will be kept perfectly intact."
He deliberately emphasized the four words "flawless".
Baili Yin on the opposite side felt his heart skip a beat and his face turned pale.
With Xiahou Qing here, it means that no matter what kind of Yue State files Gu Yanfei wants, she can have them! She can write whatever she wants! "Wait!" Baili Yin's face tightened, his cheeks aching from biting his teeth too hard, and his unclear eyes met Gu Yanfei.
"Second Miss Gu, don't you want the truth about what happened to your father, but just 'rehabilitation'?" he asked quickly.
Because he spoke so quickly, his panic was obvious and he hardly dared to think any further.
If this is true, then Xiahou Qing can indeed give Gu Yanfei the so-called "file" she wants.
This realization made Baili Yin feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.
Xiahou Qing.
Just thinking of this name, Baili Yin felt a wave of despair in his heart, and he was so exhausted that his back leaned softly against the wall of the carriage at the rear.
Baili Yin knew Xiahou Qing's abilities, Xiahou Qing's schemes, and Xiahou Qing's ambitions best.
Gu Yanfei and Chu Yi are actually in touch with Xiahou Qing. It is conceivable that Xiahou Qing must have big plans, which may affect the situation of the entire Yue Kingdom, and the Crown Prince is in danger.
At this moment, Baili Yin felt like a humble ant, being toyed with at the palm of someone's hand. The other party only needed to flick his fingers lightly, which was enough to cause him to suffer a disaster.
Baili Yin's face was pale, his eyes flickered darkly, and he made a decision in a very short time.
"Gu Er..." Baili Yin wanted to say something, but before he could say a word or two, he felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck, his vision went dark, and a darkness that he was completely unable to resist surged over him.
His eyes rolled back and he suddenly lost consciousness. His strong body fell softly onto the carpet in the carriage.
Jingshan grabbed Baili Yin by the back of the collar and roughly dragged the unconscious Baili Yin out of the carriage like a dead pig, and then carried him on his left shoulder like a sandbag.
"Then... I'm leaving." Jingshan took another reluctant look at the kitten in Gu Yanfei's arms and carried the person away.
In just a short while, the ground outside was already clean. The Yue guards and their mounts on the ground were gone, and even the big tree blocking the road ahead disappeared out of thin air.
Only a little bloodstain remained on the ground to remind the people in the carriage what had just happened.
Juanbi swallowed and closed the door of the carriage again. Gu Yanfei also lowered the curtains, and everything returned to calm.
"Let's go."
Gu Yanfei's voice floated out from the carriage.
Sihai responded immediately. He had changed into a brand new set of green shorts and a bamboo hat and got on the carriage again.
With a wave of the whip, the two horses pulling the cart continued to gallop forward.
The carriage sped along, and this time, it never stopped, and arrived smoothly at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain.
Gu Yuan and his friends arrived more than half an hour earlier than Gu Yanfei and started playing at the Cuiwei Lake at the foot of Cuiwei Mountain.
This is the time when rhododendrons bloom. The bright red rhododendrons bloom in full bloom all over the mountains and fields, as bright as the morning sun and as gorgeous as the red clouds.
Some of them were riding horses along the lake, some were boating and fishing on the lake, some were shooting willows, and some were picking rhododendrons, all of them having a great time.
"Yan Fei, you are finally here!" Lu Qin waved vigorously at Gu Yanfei from a distance.
Fan Mushuang next to her was wearing an extremely bright orange-red dress, which was eye-catching.
Both of them wore a few freshly picked azalea flowers on their temples, and the purple-red petals trembled in the wind.
Gu Yanfei got off the carriage and didn't see Wei Jiaoniang, so he asked, "Where is Jiaoniang?"
"She went horseback riding with Miss Yue and Miss Fei." Lu Qin pointed to four or five people riding horses across the lake and said, "Look, my fourth brother and your eldest brother have rented a boat and are competing in fishing on the lake."
"Brother Yue Wu and the others are competing in the Hundred Steps Shot competition."
"Yan Fei, their desire to win is too strong. Mu Shuang and I don't want to play with them, so we're going to pick azalea flowers. Isn't it beautiful?"
"It looks good." Gu Yanfei nodded slightly.
"I'll put one in your hair too." Lu Qin took a rhododendron from her temple and enthusiastically pinned it on Gu Yanfei. Tiny dewdrops rolled on the delicate petals, making her black hair and beautiful eyes look even more beautiful.
Lu Qin said with satisfaction: "She is more beautiful than flowers, so pretty!"
"But it seems like something is missing." Fan Mushuang came closer and touched her small and delicate chin thoughtfully.
"That's right!" Her eyes lit up and she clapped her hands, "It would definitely look better if I put a flower ornament on my forehead!"
"What a pity! I don't have any flowers to wear today." Lu Qin nodded in agreement and pointed to the azalea flowers in full bloom on the hillside. "Let's go pick some more azalea flowers. The flowers there are more beautiful than here."
"I'm going too!"
Wei Jiaoniang's clear and loud voice came from behind, accompanied by the sound of hurried horse hooves.
Gu Yanfei and his companions looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wei Jiaoniang and several other girls riding horses towards them after running a circle.
Wei Jiaoniang rode in the front and reined in her horse less than two meters away from them. She pouted and complained to Gu Yanfei, "Yanfei, where have you been? Why did you come just now?"
"I went to add makeup to Li Yun'er." Gu Yanfei did not intend to hide it and said it bluntly.
Add makeup? Wei Jiaoniang's expression suddenly became very strange, and she jumped off the horse, looking heroic.
Facing Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiaoniang asked bluntly: "Don't you hate her anymore?" Yanfei obviously didn't like Li Yunmeng.
"It's annoying." Gu Yanfei said frankly without any concealment and not afraid of being heard by others.
Wei Jiaoniang laughed with great joy and agreed confidently, "That's right, I hate her too."
Wei Jiaoniang just likes Gu Yanfei's straightforward personality. He is not like Li Yunmeng, who always speaks half-sentences and hides the other half like those girls from wealthy families, making people guess. It's so annoying.
It's really tiring to talk and interact with these people.
Wei Jiaoniang affectionately took Gu Yanfei's arm and walked towards Cuiwei Mountain together.
The girls from the Yue family and the Fei family who had been racing horses with Wei Jiaoniang also rode over on horseback, planning to pick rhododendrons together.
People from Beijing often come to the Cuiwei Mountain area for an outing and entertainment. A small path has been opened up in the mountain that winds upward, and several pavilions have been built on the mountainside for tourists to rest.
The girls left the young men behind and climbed up the mountain path.
Behind them, Gu Yuan and Lu Si also caught up and followed closely behind to act as flower protectors for the sisters.
Lu Qin was a talkative person. While climbing the mountain, she enthusiastically gossiped with everyone: "Tomorrow is the wedding of Li Yunyan and King Kang."
"I heard that those noble families have rejected the wedding invitations from Prince Kang's Mansion and are not planning to attend the wedding banquet at Prince Kang's Mansion tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)